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God’s Word for You – Song of Solomon 1:6 My mother’s sons
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUSONG OF SOLOMON 1:6 Click to listen to this devotion. 6 Do not stare at me because I am dark,for the sun caught sight of me.My mother’s sons were angry with me!They made me take care of the vineyards,so I could not take care of my own vineyard. The wife is still […]
God’s Word for You – Song of Solomon 1:5 … but beautiful
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUSONG OF SOLOMON 1:5 Click to listen to this devotion. The Wife5 Dark am I, but beautiful,O daughters of Jerusalem,dark like the tents of Kedar,like the outer curtains of Solomon’s tents. The woman describes the way she looks. She is doing what any modest woman would do under the gaze of her […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:10 A mighty warrior on the earth
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:10 Click to listen to this devotion. 10 Cush was the father of Nimrod. Nimrod was the first to be a mighty warrior on the earth. We hear more about Nimrod’s kingdom in Genesis 10:8-12, but then, since it included Babylon, we hear more about it in Genesis 11:1-9, and […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:9 Judgment day in the genealogy
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:9 Click to listen to this devotion. 9 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca.The sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan. The people of Seba are also called Sabeans, “a nation far away” (Joel 3:9). In Job, Sabean raiders carry off the patriarch’s oxen and […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:8 Of Canaanites and Conversion
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:8 Click to listen to this devotion. The Hamites8 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. Here the Chronicler follows Moses by listing the family of Ham. Shem (the ancestor of Israel) will come last. In very general terms, Japheth’s people went north, and Ham’s people went […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:7 Japheth and Faithfulness
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:7 Click to listen to this devotion. 7 The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim, and the Rodanim. Notice that by this verse, the author (following Moses, of course) tips his hand that he is no longer talking about sons within a nuclear family, but descendants in general; […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:6 Grace and the Gentiles
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:6 Click to listen to this devotion. 6 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah. The Targum also adds “And the names of their countries were Asia (אסיא) Persia (ופרכווי) and Barbary (וברבריא).” The Jewish Targum is a kind of commentary on parts of the Old Testament. Ashkenaz […]
God’s Word for You – Song of Solomon 1:4 Worship and praise
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUSONG OF SOLOMON 1:4 Click to listen to this devotion. The Bride4 Carry me away with you– let’s run!Let the king bring me into his chambers. There are five references to the king in the Song. Twice, a king is called “King Solomon” (3:9 and 3:11). Unless Solomon is meant to be […]
God’s Word for You – Song of Solomon 1:3 A sweet aroma
GOD’S WORD FOR YOUSONG OF SOLOMON 1:3 Click to listen to this devotion. 3 The fragrance of your perfume is pleasant.Your name is like perfume poured out.No wonder the virgins love you! “Fragrance” or odor is the way a thing smells. Smell has a dramatic effect on us, often based on memory. One of the […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:5 The sons of Japheth
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:5 Click to listen to this devotion. (The Japhethites) 5 The sons of Japheth were Gomer and Magog; Madai, Javan and Tubal; and Meshek and Tiras. The author now turns to the families of Noah’s sons. This sort of expansion was neither necessary nor really possible for the families that […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:4 Noah; Comfort
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:4 Click to listen to this devotion. 4 Noah.His sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. When Lamech and his wife became the happy parents of their baby boy, Enoch had not been gone all that long. With the assumption (ascension) of Enoch into heaven came the promise of the glories of […]
God’s Word for You – 1 Chronicles 1:3 They knew Adam
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU1 CHRONICLES 1:3 Click to listen to this devotion. 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Some translations have Noah’s name at the end of this verse, but in Hebrew and both the Greek and Latin translations, Noah’s name is the beginning of verse 4. I have kept the Hebrew verse division in my translation […]
